Mastercam 2017 read me

MASTERCAM 2017
README
May 2016

INTRODUCTION
Please review this ReadMe for last-minute product information about Mastercam
2017. Report any problems to qc@mastercam.com.
Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Introduction
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MASTERCAM 2017 ISSUES
This release of Mastercam 2017 features several bug fixes including the following
list:
Category Description Number
Interface
Updating the work offset in an operation and then
canceling out of the operation parameters some-
times caused a crash
R-07901
Interface
When updating the work offset in just one oper-
ation, work offsets in other operations sometimes
changed as well
R-07905
General
The Annotation button was missing from the
Report Viewer
R-07927
Geometry
Arcs/solid holes in older part files were sometimes
in wrong location
R-07995
Mastercam 2017 ReadMe — Mastercam 2017 Issues

BETA 5 ISSUES
Mastercam 2017 Beta 5 features several bug fixes including the following list:
Interface
Added support to toggle visibility state of multiple
levels (same as X9)
B-40376
Interface
In some instances, Stock Model objects would
incorrectly appear as auto-highlighted
D-21912
General First point selected did not match AutoCursor lock R-07841
Toolpaths
Right-click drag and drop would sometimes copy/-
move unselected operations
R-07409
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BETA 4 ISSUES
General
Improved performance in some instances when
loading files containing a lot of entities
D-21539
General
Improved view manipulation (e.g., dynamic rota-
tion) performance with files containing many entit-
ies
D-21564
General
Addressed a speed issue when loading some parts
containing dirty solids
D-21775
General Fixed Active Reports assert found in Beta 3 R-07411
General
Fixed a File, Merge issue with special ASCII char-
acters
R-07493
General
When selecting a Material Library from within
Machine Definition, mcam-material files were not
listed
R-07603
Geometry
With some part files, turning on Shaded view mode
locked up Mastercam
R-07484
Geometry
Addressed issues with Point Segment updating
when interface panel was undocked
R-07541
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough tool break/crash caused by
inconsistent stepdowns
R-06590
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough gouged with arc filter enabled
and certain total tolerance values
R-07506

BETA 3 ISSUES
Configuration
Mouse dynamics option removed from Shading
settings
B-39955
General
D-21441: SOLIDWORKS assembly file was not com-
ing into Mastercam, subsequent attempts failed dif-
ferently
B-39870
General
D-21400: Opening some SOLIDWORKS files caused
Mastercam to crash
B-40008
General
Turning off all levels also turned off the toolpaths
display
D-21304
General
Unseen geometry could still be selected when in
No Hidden Wireframe view mode
D-21391
General
The "Set as Tplane" and "Set as Cplane" settings
were reversed when set from New Plane dialog box
D-21525
Geometry
Split Solid Faces - Face stopped splitting at the
start/end of the arc
B-39865
Interface
D-21499 - Added Attributes to Home tab and mini-
toolbar
B-40041
Interface
Contour ramp toolpath display was not always cor-
rect
R-07232
Interface
B-39866: Tab Key did not validate and move to the
next field when MRU was open
R-07328
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Interface
Single-key hot keys were triggered when renaming
items in the Toolpaths and Solids Managers
R-07335
Lathe
Selecting Face Cutting set compensation to wrong
side
D-21553
Mill D-19814: Custom entry gouged in Dynamic Mill B-39917
Post Updated Post changes B-38229
Tooling
D-17848: Lathe tool offset issue with X6 or older
files - Change in one operation forced changes in
all operations using the same tool
R-04088
Tooling
D-21418: "Tessellating" displayed on Status Bar
after exiting the tool definition dialog box
R-07251
Toolpaths D-21350: Slow Waterline processing time B-39967
Toolpaths
Stock model dependent operations were some-
times marked dirty when canceling out of the oper-
ation parameters dialog box
D-21394
Toolpaths
Toolpath groups were sometimes out of order
when importing operations
D-21449
Toolpaths D-21349: 3D HST field calculation issue R-06546
Toolpaths
Renumber Work Offsets - Operations across mul-
tiple planes were not updated if increment was 0
R-07074
Toolpaths Toolpath Nesting - Crash when nesting clusters R-07440

BETA 2 ISSUES
Interface
Contour ramp toolpath display was sometimes
incorrect
R-06669
Interface Third-party ribbon tabs had display issues R-07192
Interface
AutoCursor settings were not enabled unless in an
AutoCursor function
R-07060
Interface
Panels could not be resized smaller than a min-
imum size
R-07110
Interface
Spacebar was the only way to access FastPoint
mode
R-07063
Interface
FastPoint Enter key validation had field update
issues
R-39609
Wire Autosync Rails could only be run once in a session R-07147
Wire
Autosync Rails error message was placed behind
the Mastercam window causing issues
R-07132
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BETA 1 ISSUES
Lathe Lathe POCO was incorrect with custom WCS R-06790
Mill Contour using Depth Cut caused posting error R-06741
Mill Chamfer Mill compensation was incorrect R-06743
Mill Radial entry was vertical when defined as an arc R-06744

TP6 ISSUES
Mastercam 2017 TP6 features several bug fixes including the following list:
Interface
Planes Manager - Changing the work offset of a
copied plane applies offset to original plane
R-06357
Lathe
Lathe Stock Flip had issues when choosing the
final position of the chuck
R-06634
Mill Circle mill retract issue D-20600
Mill
RCTF - feedrate did not update when changing Ste-
pover value
D-20707
Mill Batch lost PostGhost icon when item was collapsed D-20721
Mill
Finish/contour gouged part when Enhanced Slot
Mill tool was used
D-20760
Mill Reloading default parameters deleted operation R-04770
Mill
Stock Model took very long time to process with
reasonably-sized source operations
R-05471
Mill Micro lift gouge in 2D Dynamic Rest Mill R-05827
Mill
Gouge surface with high speed Hybrid toolpath
with shank
R-06483
Mill
Shank clearance value was greater than specified
by user
R-06484
Mill-Turn Axis substitution start point unrolled incorrectly R-06496
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Toolpaths Keep tool down value resulted in gouge D-20709
Toolpaths
Taper selection did not work in AGIE AWF Contour
toolpath
R-06465/
R-06512

TP4/TP5 ISSUES
Mastercam 2017 TP4/TP5 features several bug fixes including the following list:
API Removed Agie.dll from the Mastercam R-05668
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added Print option to Mastercam Simulator Back-
plot and Verify
B-37970
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Rapid moves were jagged and tool crashed
through part
R-03330
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Mastercam Simulator C-axis face drill display of
toolpath was incorrect
R-04138
General Planes associativity was sometimes lost
R-05705/
R-05843
General
Import Operations - Added option to save/restore
last used source library file
R-06269
General
Code Expert was not printing with dis-
played/chosen fonts
R-06373
Geometry
Improved visibility of solids and wireframe during
Dynamic Transform
R-05831
Geometry
Display list did not refresh after adding points in
the Entity mask on arc function
R-05990
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Geometry
Curve All Edges - Old preview not removed when
enabling Only Open Edges
R-06190
Geometry
Solids Hole Axis - Some blind holes go in the
wrong direction
R-06234
Interface
Planes Manager - Added "Display origin values in
World coordinates" option
B-37997
Interface
Planes Manager gnomon display not updated
when scrolling through planes list
R-05793
Lathe
Plunge Turn toolpath posts G1 instead of G0 on B-
axis positioning move
D-20043
Lathe
Lathe stock display shows leftover stock from
canned finish operation
R-04834
Lathe User prompted of tool clearance violation in error R-05505
Lathe
Lathe Pickoff did not transfer geometry to proper
levels
R-05925
Mill
3D HST Dynamic OptiRough stepover percentage
field reset
D-19163
Mill Waterline generated gouging pass D-19745
Mill
2D Contour gouged part when Compensation was
set to Control and Gouge Check was enabled
D-07979
Mill
Dynamic OptiRough Conventional Feed Rate was
used when option was greyed out
R-04269
Mill
Stock Model gouged between operations during
C-axis reposition
R-04311
Mill
Formula values were not used in Waterline
toolpath
R-04727

Mill
Hybrid with trim to avoid holder severely gouged
part
R-05311
Mill
RCTF in 2D HST Area Mill did not apply the feed
rate when posted
R-05886
Mill
Stock Model did not consider chamfer corner treat-
ment on tools
R-05992
Mill
Stock setup crashed X9 Update 2 and Update 3
when regenerating the toolpath
R-06041
Mill-Turn
Wrong output when drilling multiple holes in radial
directions with Y-cross setup
R-05020
Tooling
Setup Sheet Tool List did not report all the tools
from selected operations
R-03325
Tooling
Changing the feedrate of the default tool in Edit
Tool propagated the changes to Mastercam even
though Lock Feedrates was selected
R-04706
Tooling
Tool feedrate and spindle speed changes were not
posted on specific file
R-06071
Tooling Invalid tool profile in Verify R-06110
Toolpaths Multiaxis Link NCI outputs the wrong OP code D-20241
Toolpaths
Toolpath Nesting did not place back side entities
relative to chosen origin
R-04853
Toolpaths
Wire Transform doubled the toolpaths when mul-
tiple toolpath transforms existed
R-05387/
R-05919
Toolpaths Machine Definition Manager title bar stays linked R-05485
Toolpaths
Crash when using toolpath nesting with FBM Drill
operations
R-06161
Toolpaths
Drill Point Manager dialog box lost focus after
deleting a chain
R-06240
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TP3 ISSUES
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Enabled TCP Options for classic Machine Sim-
ulation
B-37096
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added Auto Start option to Mastercam Simulator B-37099
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Synchronized view between Mastercam and Sim-
ulator
B-37213
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
C-axis Drill tool location and re-position moves
were incorrect in Mastercam Simulator
R-03593
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Machine Simulation showed incorrect result with a
transform toolpath of a Contour Ramp
R-04484
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Lathe C-Axis Drill operations did not Verify cor-
rectly
R-04577
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Classic Backplot - Lathe and Mill-Turn feed rate dis-
played with incorrect units
R-05073

Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Opacity option was not saved in Classic Backplot R-06015
Configuration Unsupported Shading settings removed B-36988
General
Reinstated File, Edit/Open External (as Open in
Editor)
B-37117
General
Improved feedback when changing work offsets
for planes
B-37282
General
Allowed work offset matching when changing
from Planes Manager
B-37283
General Reference points from machine did not stick R-05255
General Planes associativity was lost
R-05705/
R-05843
Lathe
C-axis Cross Drill - Selecting points for each oper-
ation posted out multiple work offsets
R-03998
Lathe
Lathe Contour Rough using One-Way Cutting
method caused multiple errors when regenerating
R-05011
Lathe
When stock diameter of material was same size as
the part, Dynamic Rough (X9) did not regenerate
R-05566
Lathe
Lathe Dynamic Rough failed in X9 and caused
asserts in 2017
R-06066
Mill-Turn Redundant sync point output issue R-05675
Tooling
Fixed problem importing a specific DXF file in stan-
dalone Tool Manager
D-07039
Tooling
Fixed problem with line segment facets not align-
ing when importing a DXF holder
R-04915
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Tooling
Lathe tool insert projection incorrect in Back-
plot/UBVS caused undetected crash
R-05778
Tooling
Cutting speed reset when leaving the Tools tab
before clicking OK (green check)
R-05784
Tooling
Tool Manager - Could not copy tool into a tool lib-
rary
R-05923
Tooling
Block drill operation did not regenerate when
block drill tool was replaced
R-06032
Toolpaths
2D Dynamic showed multiple instances of stepover
warning
D-19114
Toolpaths Formula values were not used in toolpath R-04727
Toolpaths
Surface High Speed Dynamic OptiRough Trans-
itions Entry feeds/speeds did not work properly
R-05375
Toolpaths
Wire Transform doubled the toolpaths when mul-
tiple toolpath transforms existed
R-05387/
R-05919
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - NCI Rotate toolpath was
reversing arcs
R-06007

TP2 ISSUES
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Enabled drop-down persistence of UBVS menus B-36370
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added additional Fixtures definitions in Simulator
B-36371/
B-36810
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulator did not recognize Lathe Stock Transfer
from right to left spindle
R-03147
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Removed Simulator Adaptive Quality progress bars
for 3-axis as they were not used
R-03777
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Rotary transform operations rapid moves were dif-
ferent than Backplot and Verify for Mill-Turn sim-
ulation
R-04962
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Bull tool was displayed as Chamfer Mill in Sim-
ulator
R-05535/
R-05790
Drafting
Placing a point dimension changed the Cplane set-
ting
R-05334
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General
When reading in the Annotation (GD&T) data in a
Unigraphics/NX file, named planes are made at the
same time
The Import GDT checkbox has been removed from
the UG/NX Options page as it is always imported
B-36765
General
Converters STEP file was scaled up 10 times larger
than it should be
D-19816
General Reports captions did not display in Captures list R-05060
General Reports now have longer field lengths R-05266
General
Posting to a drive that did not have enough space
caused crash
R-05500
General
Saving a part file to a disk that did not have
enough space created a 0 size file
R-05501
General
Existing operation was marked dirty during ATP
processing
R-05557
Geometry
Simplified Point and Line Dynamic functionality to
Point Dynamic
B-36382
Geometry
Moved the line function from Point and Line
Dynamic to the new Line Normal function
B-36806
Geometry
Analyze Distance between arc entities only
provided a 2D solution
R-05379
Interface
Show Grid and Snap to Grid toggles now persist
and have been removed from Grid Settings con-
figuration screen
B-36346
Interface
Using the Select button in Levels Manager some-
times caused a crash
R-05390

Interface
Hidden lines are now preserved during rotation
when in Dimmed or No Hidden wireframe view
mode
D-08100
Interface
Improved performance when turning levels with
complex solids on/off
D-14372
Interface
In some instances, switching to Translucent view
mode was slow
D-16774
Interface
Mastercam locked up when saving some parasolid
files if Save bitmap was turned on
R-04322
Interface
Changing the work offset of a copied plane also
changed the work offset of the original plane
R-05510/
R-05529
Interface
Users can now expand the Control Definition win-
dow
R-05599
Lathe
Lathe tools from deleted machine group persisted
in new machine group
R-04964
Lathe
Lathe custom groove tool was not displaying the
width correctly in the tool page
R-05490
Lathe
Lathe left and right chuck max spindle speed did
not reset to machine definition when axis com-
bination was changed from left to right and back
again
R-04901
Lathe
Blanked solid unblanked when creating toolpaths
after stock flip
R-05249
Mill-Turn
Hole Drilling dialog drop-down menu was empty
for new toolpath group
R-04829
Mill-Turn
Mill-Turn Lathe drill spindle direction was wrong
for right spindle operations
R-04999
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Tooling
IOFSIM: Tool holder was incorrectly located inside
the B-axis head
R-02864
/ R-
05795
Tooling
Fixed problem with arc when defining holder using
a specific DXF
R-04915
Tooling A mismatched tool number could be created R-04990
Tooling Sequential tool numbering was incorrect R-05081
Tooling
Incorrect values were written to ASCII NCI for Wire
tool change
R-05145
Tooling Operations are now updated with correct tool data R-05151
Tooling
Edited projection of a composite holder was not
maintained
R-05366
Tooling
Changing the projection of a lollipop tool on the
holder page created an invalid tool
R-05692
Toolpaths
Up/down arrow keys did not move the red insert
arrow
D-19501
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - NCI Mirror produced wrong
tool compensation
R-04701
Toolpaths
Renumbering tools in Toolpaths Manager was not
changing tool number consistently and posted the
wrong tool number
R-05430
Toolpaths
Edit Common Parameters, Planes, now opens
Toolpath Coordinate System dialog with all planes
visible
R-05445
Toolpaths
Planes debug error message sometimes displayed
when selecting multiple operations
R-05575

Toolpaths
Multiple 4-axis parts in one operation generated
wrong moves
R-05103
Toolpaths
Transform Rotate Surface 3D HST Dynamic
OptiRough using Geometry mode produced excess-
ive leads
R-05306
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TP1 ISSUES
API
The "Associative entities will not be merged" mes-
sage now suppressed when merging via the API
B-30888
API NET-Hook - Control for additional color settings B-34221
API NET-Hook ability to get and set Mastercam colors B-36243
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added option to Reverse Direction of a clipping
plane
B-29666
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulator - Save Movie from Verify session (MP4,
AVI)
B-32645/
B-35136/
B-36015
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulator - Add Print option B-32647
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added additional fixture definitions in Simulator B-32648
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Machine Simulation - Added proper support of mill
rotary movement
B-34761

Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Lathe Custom Drill was incorrect in Simulator, cor-
rect in Backplot
D-17719
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Invalid tool warning in Simulation D-17939
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulation warning, Invalid tool error in profile,
"Cannot self-intersect"
R-02780
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Mastercam Simulator not displaying Grooving tool
with round shank properly
R-03059
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Simulation error with imported boring tool R-03233
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Backplotting the Engrave toolpath displayed Z
depths to center of ball mill instead of tip
R-03376
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Backplotting the engrave toolpath in UVB was
reporting the incorrect Z depth
R-03377
Backplot/
Verify/
Simulation
Added loop capability for Mill-Turn simulation R-04715
Configuration
The Toolpaths Manager display options settings
are now stored per user
B-30472
Configuration Improved readability of the .config file contents R-03644
Configuration Loss of Machine Definition R-04704
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Drafting Format Setter - Modify Trigger Mechanism B-33070
Drafting
Ordinate dimensions with custom WCS caused
crash
R-04887
General
Printing - Improved performance for wireframe
printouts
B-32670
General
Selected wireframe entities now maintain their line
width and style
B-34069
General
Added switch to allow reinitialized messages to be
suppressed in the .ERR file
B-34734
General
Downloadable Arc MultiEdit add-on is now
installed with the product
B-35516
General
Downloadable Pts2Arcs add-on is now installed
with the product
B-35517
General
Downloadable vHelix add-on is now installed with
the product
B-35519
General
Zip2Go now always prompts for file name to be cre-
ated
B-35305
General
Downloadable zSpiral add-on is now installed with
the product
B-35520
General Turn Profile with latest Parasolid release B-35774
General
Simplify Point and Line Dynamic functionality to
Point Dynamic
B-35812
General
Canceling out of the browser for tool dialog in
(nesting onion skin) crashed Mastercam
D-15389
General
.ERR file contained spurious control definition error
messages
D-15875

General
In some instances, nothing was displayed when
viewing contents of a group
D-17344
General
Operations not always updated properly after chan-
ging associated work offset in the Planes Manager
D-18013
General
Toolpath Transform - Changing or deleting the
source operation was not marking operation dirty
D-18539
General
Migration Wizard returned units to English when it
should be Metric
D-18596
General
C-Hook - CreateBoundary - negative offset did not
work
D-19121
General
Geometry sometimes disappeared during
Trim/Break/Extend commands
R-03629
General
Printing - Fixed issue with printing to plotter
through HPGL printer driver
R-03683
General
Improved selection behavior when in 'No hidden
wireframe' graphics mode
R-03696
General
Clicking on an assembly in the datagrid changed
the assembly's name
R-03711
General Migrating some files crashed Mastercam R-03740
General
Printing - Fixed issue with watermarks not visible in
PDF printouts
R-03858
General
Getting an assert when attempting to update some
ToolDBs using the Migration Wizard
R-03949
General
Printing - Color/Width mapping was not working
for point entities
R-04029
General
Rotating a plane associated to a Solid Trim func-
tion was not marking the solid dirty
R-04168
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General Opening a MCX-6 file caused crash R-04196
General
Converters 2017 - Importing STEP file changed wire-
frame color
R-04290
General
Solid edge selection color was not used when selec-
ted edges line style was set to solid
R-04301
General
Deleting entities with Planes Manager open some-
times caused a delay
R-04325
General
Wrong home position sometimes output with user-
defined WCS
R-04413
General
Create Door - Export to separate Mastercam files
was looking for MCX-8 and not MCX-9
R-04414
General
Home position in NCI file was not updated prop-
erly
R-04434
General
The Save Some function now supports pre-selec-
tion
R-04444
General
X9 - Xform - Translate, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Fit,
Rectangle, Array, Stretch, etc., fields reset when hit-
ting Apply
R-04491/
R-04551
General ATP now supports all chaining sort options R-04538
General
Code Expert printing - Multiple copies did not
work
R-04605
General
ATP - Mastercam ATP selecting Machine Definition
was broken
R-04618
General
Save As is now invoked when saving first time after
merging a file
R-04661
General
Wrong Cplane error message was sometimes dis-
played
R-04666

General
ATP - Custom cutlist sometimes failed if front and
backside identifiers were not included
R-04747
General
Zip2Go - Replace MD/CD with defaults when cus-
tomer MD/CD present
R-04903
General
Saving NC/NCI to unwriteable path made posting
fail
R-05128
Geometry Change at Point does not keep the changes modal D-15753
Geometry
Xform Scale - Surfaces and Solids scaled differently
from each other depending on origin
D-18146
Geometry
Xform - Offset contour did not allow you to offset
entities on more than one plane
D-18233
Geometry 3D Arcs not output (No Helix Arc Output) R-02875
Geometry X9-Surface Swept rotate did not generate geometry R-03418
Geometry
Helix entry method did not create arcs in 3D HST
with small arcs (No Helix Arc Output)
R-04239
Geometry
Editing a solid draft feature when the original face
was removed crashed Mastercam
R-04516/
R-04517
Geometry Solids - Trim to Surface failed in some cases
R-04523/
R-04524
Geometry Geometry Nesting - Preselection caused crash R-04571
Geometry
Dynamic Xform cleared result color from previous
Xforms
R-05019
Geometry Selecting Push/Pull arrow crashed Mastercam R-05109
Interface
Planes - New 'Set as Cplane' and 'Set as Tplane'
options added to the Dynamic Planes dialog
B-35192
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Interface
Planes - New 'Set as Cplane' and 'Set as Tplane'
options added to the New Planes dialog
B-35193
Interface
Planes Manager - The 'Info' function is now named
'Report'
B-35446
Interface
Levels Manager - Report information is now output
to Code Expert
B-35450
Interface
In the Planes Manager, the Reset button did not
reset all planes
D-17998
Interface
Solid color setting in Mastercam interface affected
component colors in simulation
D-18118
Interface
Planes Manager - Rotating plane incrementally did
not mark the operation dirty
D-18416
Interface
Planes Manager was not updated with Create Tool
Plane in Bounding Box
D-18555
Interface
Levels Manager - Level names containing '&' not
displayed correctly
D-18980
Interface Scroll Bar in Holder Name window did not work R-02702
Interface
External file names are now listed in the Levels
Manager report file
R-03029
Interface
The length of the name in the New Plane dialog
was limited
R-03352
Interface
Improved workflow for accepting values in the 3D
gnomon edit field
R-03465
Interface
Fixed incorrect prompt when re-selecting saw
chains
R-04164
Interface
Column sorting in the Planes Manager now persists
across sessions
R-04243

Interface
In Planes Manager, math equations entered into
the origin fields were not calculated properly
R-04312
Interface
Toolpaths Manager - Plane information in oper-
ation tree now respects 'Display plane info relative
to WCS' setting
R-04373
Interface
X9 - Viewsheets - Lost access to Enter and Escape
keys
R-04402/
R-04424
Interface
Planes created from a solid face were sometimes
displayed at wrong orientation
R-04471
Interface
New Plane dialog was sometimes missing the 'Set
as WCS' option
R-04488
Interface
Planes - Opening an X8 file sometimes changed
the work offset number
R-04610
Interface
Enabling 'Only main level is visible' would some-
times slow down/lockup Mastercam
R-04636
Interface
Viewsheets - After deleting geometry display must
be regenerated
R-04680
Interface
Planes Manager - Importing planes would some-
times not import associated work offsets
R-04696
Interface
Fixed slow startup or crash on startup when pre-
viously closed on a secondary monitor
R-04710
Interface
Turn Profile crashed when tolerance was set to
small value
R-04766
Interface
Fixed intermittent crash occurring in graphics sys-
tem
R-04841
Interface
Planes Manager - The 'in use' indicator was not
always updated properly
R-04876
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Lathe Error in POCO group creation D-18159
Lathe
Custom lathe tool center values changed when
tool name changed
D-18675
Lathe Dynamic Rough did not cut entire chain R-03531
Lathe
Copying operations between machine groups
changed axis combo
R-03870
Lathe
Cutoff with chamfer corner did not cut correct
angle
R-04086
Lathe
Contour Rough plunged through part, caused end-
less asserts
R-04154
Lathe
Contour Rough with .006 step-over produces exten-
ded cuts
R-04194
Lathe
Contour Rough and Dynamic Rough were not avail-
able with Lathe and Router on the SIM
R-04541
Lathe Rough - Tool Inspection rapids in X in error R-04454
Lathe
Tool inspection retract moved differently with
stock defined
R-04572
Lathe
Rough tool path skipped secondary operation
when Stock Recognition was set to Remaining
Stock
R-04854
Lathe Face Groove retract to home violated workpiece R-04982
Mill
Raster transition motion was not smooth when set
to smooth
D-18919
Mill Creating a face mill was not working correctly R-03636
Mill X8 Slot mill was not importing into X9 correctly R-04492

Mill
Slot Mill rapids to bottom of second slot, then cuts
from the top as expected
R-04635
Mill-Turn
IOF generation - C angle flipped during the con-
tour
D-18428
Mill-Turn
B angle calculated incorrectly for last point in 5-
axis drill
D-18442
Mill-Turn
Finish/blend and Finish/parallel steep allowed neg-
ative and zero total tolerance values
D-18789
Mill-Turn Incorrect result in Job Setup with custom WCS R-04826
Mill-Turn Rotary transform did not rotate C-axis R-03529
Mill-Turn
POCO coolant output - IOF setting in cutoff oper-
ation did nothing
R-03583
Mill-Turn Simulation - IOF error when launching R-03776
Mill-Turn
Toolpath transform - settings did not persist when
going to previous page
R-04149
Mill-Turn LCanStart Token did not honor selected format R-04257
Mill-Turn
Lathe face toolpath - points changed to active
level during regeneration
R-04346
Mill-Turn ID Grooving toolpath ignored reference points R-04439
Mill-Turn Changing jaw height disabled stock update R-04477
Mill-Turn
Cutoff Secondary spindle speed could not be out-
put
R-04490
Mill-Turn
C-Axis direction changed for full circle in axis sub-
stitution
R-04563
Mill-Turn Axis Substitution had output wrong C position R-04820
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Tooling
Dragging a tool from search results to assembly
document created an empty assembly
D-03516
Tooling
Imported operations from an MCX file missing tool
numbers
D-07847
Tooling
Tool Length of 0 caused infinite loop in tool draw-
ing code
D-09719
Tooling
Tool Offsets were incorrect when importing oper-
ations
D-14713
Tooling
Changing the tool offsets by clicking the tool
branch in Toolpaths Manager was marking the
operation dirty
D-14795
Tooling
Feed rate not updated when changing number of
flutes in Tool Manager
D-16382
Tooling
Error in UBVS if Tool Projection was set below end
of reduced neck
D-17291
Tooling
Issue when dragging tools between machine
groups
D-17348
Tooling
Shank type was not set to straight when updating
X7 tool database to X9
D-17597
Tooling
Lollipop tool - Setting projection shorter than
Shoulder length plus Taper length hangs Master-
cam
D-18185
Tooling Could not create custom tool with some DXF files D-18190
Tooling
Sync points data not output properly after tool
table processing
D-18210
Tooling
Reading in a tool library from a TXT file would only
allow saving as a TOOLS-7 file
R-02566

Tooling Tool Manager - Input profile had 0 segments R-02666
Tooling
Stand-Alone Tool Manager did not allow for last
tool in list to be added to assembly
R-02783/
R-03892
Tooling
Tool library export to text did not work with
TOOLDB files
R-02865
Tooling
Tool projection field did not change to match tool
shoulder length
R-02882
Tooling
Tool Manager and Parameters - Tool page access
was very slow
R-03259
Tooling
Tool renumbering - tool with same number was
not renumbered
R-03357
Tooling
Mastercam took the length and diameter offset
from the tool in the assembly instead of the
assembly itself
R-03394
Tooling
Import operations using same tool added the tool
for each operation
R-03497
Tooling
Changing coolant or feed rate in tool definition
caused stock model and 3D HST rest operations to
be dirty
R-03573
Tooling
Crash when displaying machine in tool setup man-
ager
R-03579
Tooling
TOOLS-8 was showing in Mastercam create new lib-
rary file filter
R-03734
Tooling
Deleting a tool used in an operation gave no dele-
tion confirmation
R-03793
Tooling
Undefined was appearing in the Tool Type column
of the Material Definition dialog box
R-03873
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Tooling
Tool profile generation functions were not access-
ible to third-party developers in X9
R-03991
Tooling Numbers were cut off on the holder page R-04140
Tooling
Holder showed inverted arcs on holder page,
looked correct in wizard
R-04142
Tooling
If the Toolpaths Manager contained transform
operations, there was a long delay the second time
a holder was changed
R-04147
Tooling
Editing an existing holder and saving it back to the
same library nullified the changes
R-04261
Tooling
Saving a selected holder was not saving to the act-
ive tool library
R-04272
Tooling
Copying a tool from one operation to another was
not marking the operation dirty
R-04315/
R-04668
Tooling
Importing metric DXF holder file into metric session
of the standalone Tool Manager displayed imperial
dimensions
R-04438/
R-05302
Tooling
Asked to create new assembly when no change
was made to holder page
R-04673
Tooling Invalid tool warning on a good tool definition
R-04681/
R-05304
Tooling Metric DXF holder imported as inches
R-04828/
R-05302
Tooling
Saving tools from .tooldb to .tools-9 inverted the
TPI value
R-04877
Tooling
X style coolant settings were not saved with cus-
tom tools
R-05048

Tooling
Selecting a new the tool from the Standard sizes
drop-down did not update the tool name
R-05053
Tooling
Scroll wheel was not functioning in Create new
tool, Define Drill - Standard sizes drop-down
R-05055
Toolpaths
If some operations have the toolpath display
turned on and some turned off, Display selected
operations now turns the toolpath display off by
default
B-05178
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - Improved workflow when no
operations were selected
B-34189
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - Operation tree now defaults
to original/main Toolpath Group state
B-34578
Toolpaths
5-Axis Classic - Curve toolpath changed the tool in
a non-related toolpath
D-14861
Toolpaths
Stock model would not process; consumed
memory until it quit
D-14956
Toolpaths Trimming hybrid operation caused crash D-15574
Toolpaths
Sequence text using TECH library with +1 passes
incorrect
D-15937
Toolpaths Dynamic OptiRough gouging in specific file D-17540
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough gouging severely in specific
file
D-17689
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough calculation error in X9 and
crash in 2017
D-17887
Toolpaths
Thread mill dialog allowed user to change value for
number of threads, but did not retain change
D-17916
Toolpaths Dynamic OptiRough gouging in some files D-17956
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Toolpaths Stock Model crashed D-17990
Toolpaths
HST Raster path with Tapered Bull tool was not cor-
rect (offset too far from surface)
D-18075
Toolpaths
Dynamic OptiRough regeneration time was very
slow
D-18091
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - The Cplane origins were not
transformed when using the Include origin option
D-18140
Toolpaths
Operations were sometimes marked dirty when
changing work offsets
D-18298
Toolpaths
HST Depth Cuts Zero Stepdown failure (HST-Pro-
ject, HST-Horizontal Area)
D-18347
Toolpaths
X9 Finish/radial took a long time to machine poly-
gonal meshes
D-18358
Toolpaths HST Radial failed to yield path D-18361
Toolpaths
Setup page was blank for 5-Axis operations when
5-Axis was not available
D-18594
Toolpaths Waterline 3 to 5 had long plunge at feed D-18641
Toolpaths Retract move missing after circle mill depth cuts D-18740
Toolpaths HST - Pencil Holder collision D-18801
Toolpaths
Material Model incorrect for Area Clearance
toolpath
D-19337
Toolpaths Incorrect display of helical entry/exit toolpath D-19405
Toolpaths
Toolpath Transform - Translate using Geometry
mode sometimes dirtied unrelated operations
R-03276
Toolpaths
SFM and FPT in the toolpath were not calculated
correctly
R-03336

Toolpaths Surface HS toolpaths violated drive geometry R-03363
Toolpaths
Regeneration errors on operations not selected to
regenerate
R-03442
Toolpaths Duplicate parameter for Toolpath Group error R-03530
Toolpaths
Improved performance during large transform oper-
ations
R-03598
Toolpaths
HST Hybrid with Taper tool, check geometry and
negative stock to leave crashed X9 and Mastercam
2017
R-03694
Toolpaths
Red insert arrow was not respected after a Start
Hole operation
R-03700
Toolpaths HST- Crashed Mastercam in three clicks R-04079
Toolpaths
Adjust start/end of contour only worked once with
toolpath preview
R-04108
Toolpaths
Holder collisions in Dynamic OptiRough toolpath
with collision checking enabled
R-04127
Toolpaths Lathe Stock Update failed with added geometry R-04151
Toolpaths
Feed Per Tooth not updated in tool settings for
thread mill operation
R-04192
Toolpaths Setup Sheet - Tool image display missing data R-04229
Toolpaths
2D HST Dynamic did not regenerate after changing
tool and gave no error
R-04262
Toolpaths 2D HST regeneration produced probing error R-04268
Toolpaths
Code Expert with IOF file loaded crashed when
loading a new workspace
R-04300
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Toolpaths
Toolpaths for tapered axis suboperations were not
displayed correctly
R-04323/
R-04351
Toolpaths
Classic Multiaxis - Curve 5-Axis operation crashed
Mastercam when regenerated
R-04371
Toolpaths
Chaining - Saw toolpath - Selecting geometry in
Chain Manager did not highlight geometry in
graphics
R-04397
Toolpaths
Router - Saw toolpath - the Saw tool was an End
mill instead of a Slot mill
R-04398
Toolpaths Code Expert opened the same file multiple times R-04403
Toolpaths
Setup Sheet - Detailed tool list displayed tools and
holder differently - wrong Holder info was written
to XML
R-04473
Toolpaths
Chaining - Wire - Reverse Chain added additional
chains
R-04480
Toolpaths Editing a Material Library corrupted the library R-04515
Toolpaths
RCTF changed the FPT, feed, and speed after regen-
eration of all operations
R-04567
Toolpaths Update All operations did not update all operations R-04568
Toolpaths HST Scallop violated drive geometry R-04606
Toolpaths
Plunge Turn - setting stock to leave to a small
value generated incorrect path
R-04629
Toolpaths
Copying toolpaths between Machines Groups cre-
ated multiple tools with the same tool number
R-04676
Toolpaths
Surface Rough Pocket did not use tool's defined
stepover
R-04692

Toolpaths
Reporting computation error upon regeneration
(related to new highfeed tool processing)
R-04700
Toolpaths
Use clearance only at start and end did not work
for Helix bore
R-04777
Toolpaths Pinch Turn Stock Boundary issue R-04719
Toolpaths
Chaining - 'E' key did not end a chain when at a
branch point
R-04744
Toolpaths
Plunge Turn - Tool violated chain if stock to leave
was greater than depth of cut
R-04783
Toolpaths
Setup Sheet reports contained wrong shape for
groove tool
R-04784
Toolpaths
Check surfaces changed color when you regen-
erated an operation or display via the Show button
R-04802
Toolpaths
Toolpath Nesting did not place back side entities
relative to chosen origin
R-04853
Toolpaths
Mastercam displayed blank toolpath tabs when no
post was active
R-04892
Toolpaths HST Horizontal did not cut the entire flat area R-04930
Toolpaths Helix Bore finish option resulted in bad path R-04970
Toolpaths
Chain Manager -Selected chain was not high-
lighted correctly when using Display Options
R-05089
Toolpaths
Facing toolpath in X8 lifted up over stock on first
pass but did not in X9 and X9 Update 1
R-05261
Toolpaths Incorrect display of axis substitution toolpath R-05380
Wire
Crashed when canceling a Trim toolpath operation
in Wire
D-08063
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Wire
Wire chained order of cut reversed when operation
was copied for tab cutoff
D-10170
Wire
X8 Wire displayed icon for former Safety Zone in
Toolpaths Manager
D-15559
Wire
Wire TECH power library gave "The parameter is
incorrect" warning
D-17294
Wire
Values on Wire/Power page not reflected in the
TECH file
D-17301/
D-19018
Wire
Changing Wire Technology library caused Taper
wire size and material to not match primary
D-17681
Wire
Incomplete tech power page incorrectly updated
power data
D-18808
Wire
Wirepath Editor did not keep changes and
removed those from Change at point
R-02699/
R-03944
Wire Crashed when trimming a wirepath R-03341
Wire
Second Wire machine group did not use the
entered name
R-04375
Wire
Gouging on Wire No Core toolpath with Com-
pensation set to Control
R-04647

DEPRECATED FUNCTIONS
Following is a list of deprecated functionality for Mastercam 2017.
Category Name Notes
Chaining Interrupt Mode Removed from interface
Construction
Attributes
Attributes
Available to customize via
Options dialog box
Construction Plane Select an entity
In Planes Manager and avail-
able to customize via Options
dialog as Plane From Geometry
Construction Plane Cplane by solid face
dialog as Plane From Solid
Face
Construction Plane Cplane by normal
dialog as Plane From Line
Normal
Construction Plane Cplane = Gview
dialog as Plane From Gview
Construction Plane Dynamic Cplane
In Planes Manager and Gview
gnomon
Construction Plane Rotate Cplane
In Planes Manager via Rotate
incremental
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Category Name Notes
Construction Plane
Set plane associated
with geometry
In Planes Manager via Find a
plane, From Geometry
Construction Plane
Previous Construction
Plane
Removed from interface
Construction Plane Plane List Removed from interface
Construction Plane
Construction plane
origin
In Planes Manager
Construction Plane
Name and save the
current Cplane
Edit Apply/Enter Removed from interface
Edit Select All
Options dialog box
Edit Undelete by Mask Removed from interface
Edit
Undelete Multiple
Entities
File Show Open Files Removed from interface
File Exit
Options dialog box
File Open Shared Folder Removed from interface
File Open User Folder Removed from interface
File Renumber Removed from interface
General Selection Quick Mask Color
Available in the Select Only
and Select All dialog box
General Selection Quick Mask Last
Options dialog box

Category Name Notes
General Selection Quick Mask Level
Available in the Select Only
and Select All dialog box
General Selection
Quick Mask Named
Group
Graphics View Center Screen Removed from interface
Graphics View Zoom In/Out Removed from interface
Graphics View Zoom Target
Options dialog box
Graphics View Named Planes
In Planes Manager via the G
column
Graphics View
with geometry
Options dialog box as Set View
Associated with Geometry
Graphics View View by Entity
Options dialog box as View
From Entity
Graphics View View by solid face
From Solid Face
Graphics View Dynamic Rotation
In screen right-click menu and
available to customize via
Options dialog box
Graphics View Previous Plane
Graphics View as Previous
View
Graphics View Normal Plane
From Line Normal
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Category Name Notes
Planes Planes by geometry
Planes Planes by solid face
Face
Planes Planes by normal
Normal
Planes Planes = Gview
Planes Planes Always = WCS
In Planes Manager via Follow
Rules, Cplane/Tplane follows
WCS
Planes Dynamic Planes
gnomon
Planes Rotate Planes
incremental
Planes
with geometry
Planes Last Planes Removed from interface
Planes Plane List Removed from interface
Planes
Cplane and Tplane
origin
In Planes Manager

Category Name Notes
Planes
Name and save the
current planes
Screen
Change Entity
Attributes
Screen Show Cplane Axes
In Display group of the View
tab.
Screen Show Tplane Axes
tab.
Screen Show WCS Axes
tab.
Screen Show World Axes
tab.
Screen Show Cplane Gnomon
tab.
Screen Show Tplane Gnomon
tab.
Screen Show WCS Gnomon
tab.
Screen
Toggle Auto
Highlighting
Screen
Toggle display on
selected operations
Options dialog box
Screen Regenerate Display List
Options dialog box
Screen Repaint Removed from interface
Screen Tooltip Delay Removed from interface
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Category Name Notes
Settings VBScript Editor
Options dialog box
Tool Plane Select an entity
Tool Plane Tplane by solid face
Face
Tool Plane Tplane by normal
Normal
Tool Plane Tplane = Gview
Tool Plane Tplane = Cplane Removed from interface
Tool Plane Dynamic Tplane
gnomon
Tool Plane Rotate Tplane
incremental
Tool Plane
with geometry
Tool Plane Last Tplane Removed from interface
Tool Plane Plane List Removed from interface
Tool Plane Tool plane origin In Planes Manager

Category Name Notes
Tool Plane
Name and save the
current Tplane
WCS WCS by geometry
WCS WCS by solid face
Face
WCS WCS by normal
Normal
WCS WCS = Gview In Planes Manager
WCS Dynamic WCS
gnomon
WCS Rotate WCS
incremental
WCS
with geometry
WCS Last WCS Removed from interface
WCS Plane List Removed from interface
WCS Set WCS origin In Planes Manager
WCS
Name and save the
current WCS
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